Siafinternational - Edition 2014 a DYNAMIC ACTION LEARNING PROGRAMME for FUTURE ORIENTED RAILWAY PROFESSIONALS with an INTEREST in INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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SIAFInternational - Edition 2014 A DYNAMIC ACTION LEARNING PROGRAMME FOR FUTURE ORIENTED RAILWAY PROFESSIONALS WITH AN INTEREST IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SESSION 1: 14 - 18 April 2014 — SESSION 2: 22 - 26 September 2014 WELCOME TO UIC One of the three key pillars of sustainability, along with environmental and economic issues, is the social dimension. Training, education and workforce development are essential to anticipate the current transformations that are taking place in many industries, including rail. Railways are facing numerous challenges: market liberalisation, internationalisation, global supply chains, new technologies, increased service expectations, new social frameworks, changing demographics with a loss of corporate knowledge, to name but a few. To accompany these changes and support its members in their approaches and efforts, the UIC general assembly of december 2012 voted a global project “Global Network of Railway Talents ”, which aims to create a strong and sustainable foundation for fostering international cooperation among ambitious and open minded railway professionals. One important objective of the project is also to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, values and experience between different generations of railway people, as well as to stimulate the active dialogue between cultures and generations based on the principles of openness, respect and equality. The project is based on a set of complementary activities currently under development, such as the adaptation of the recognized SIAFI training programme to the evolving needs of railway companies and participants, as well as a stronger cooperation with universities and academia to better connect students and young researchers to the railway sector. In addition, a web-based platform aims to foster dynamic and ongoing exchanges between the network participants and its numerous stakeholders. All these activities will be tailored to fulfil the overall purpose of the project which is to attract the best talents and make the railway sector a career opportunity of choice for the most skilled and passionate young people on the job market. The participation in the first edition of the “new” SIAFI is a great opportunity to get your talents involved in this exciting and challenging project. Jean-Pierre Loubinoux - UIC GENERAL DIRECTOR 2 The worldwide association of cooperation for railway companies MEMBERS: UIC, 2010 ACTIVE ASSOCIATE AFFILIATE UIC roles PROVIDER FACILITATOR • Know-how • Exchange platforms • Technical and operational expertise • Innovation: new ideas, new concepts • Technical solutions • Protecting member railways’ common interests • Regulations, standards • Support policies of development of key • Best practices infrastructure projects DEVELOPER ORGANISER • Specifications • Forums • Standards • Seminars • Interfaces • Conferences • Studies • Congresses: WCrr, UIC HIGHsPeeD 2010, • Interoperability for international rail corridors Global rail freight Conference, ertms, Nextstation 3 1 Interview with Nathalie Amirault, SIAFI programme director - UIC Expertise Development Unit What is the purpose of the SIAFI Programme? SIAFI has been the outstanding international railway training for several decades, for managers from railway companies and other sector organizations. There is a broad consensus about the growing importance of railways in the upcoming years. In this 21st century, railways are increasingly recognized as the most sustainable mode of transport contributing to an improved mobility of goods and people. For railways to gain a competitive advantage in this context, the entire sector has to attract the best available talents in the job market and make full use of their intellectual and innovative potential by relentlessly investing into their development. Already today, and more so in the future, the rail sector will need the potential of internationally-minded managers, with a sharp awareness of the new business environment and the competencies and tools to address the key strategic challenges. The SIAFI programme addresses railway people with a strong appetite for international collaboration willing to extend their skills and competencies beyond their areas of technical expertise. Attending the SIAFI provides an opportunity for them to obtain a comprehensive overview of strategic issues for railways and put their learning into practice throughout the entire programme. How has the training programme changed in 2014? The “New” SIAFI puts the emphasis on the following dimensions: Integration in a wider management development programme: SIAFI alumni network (“UIC Global Network of Railway Talents”), cooperation with a network of recognized railway universities, introduction of transversal business skills, etc. Innovation and better recognition is introduced through the practical work on SIAFI team projects provided by real “project clients” (UIC members, partner universities or UIC departments), including intensive inter-session team project coaching by seasoned railway professionals. Performance: SIAFI 2014 will be a more complete training, with the introduction of new sessions such as international / intercultural project management, business model design and innovation, margin protection and recovery in international industrial projects, etc. What makes the programme unique? Key topical issues for railways as well as intercultural skills and project based learning remain an essential part of the SIAFI training. The programme is a unique opportunity for getting in-depth insights into international best practices, for understanding the core issues for railways in an ever growing competitive environment, for developing intercultural skills, for creating a strong international network and for cross functional collaboration. 4 BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAMME FOR THE PARTICIPANT FOR THE COMPANY • Develop know-how through an experimential • Develop a new generation of internationally learning approach oriented, open minded business leaders • Gain in-depth insights into the international • Get access to an international network cooperation environment in the rail sector of railway professionals • Develop intercultural skills and competencies • Incentivize young potentials with participation • Build-up an international network of peers in a recognized international training programme • Apply learnings from day 1 through practical • Build-up of new skills and competencies within action learning approaches the organization SIAFInternational participants 2013 SIAFInternational participants discussing new emerging business models in the railway sector. 5 2 An innovative action-learning programme The SIAFI programme is designed around a highly practical and collaborative learning approach. Built on the conviction that a professional training programme can only provide a strong impact for both the involved companies and the attending individuals if new learning can be applied in real situations, SIAFI contains a high level of individual and group-based active participation. APRIL MAY - AUGUST SEPTEMBER SESSION 1 EXTERNAL SESSION 2 TRAINERS PARIS - 1 WEEK PARIS - 1 WEEK International Railway Cooperation, A global railway market: International & EU transport law SIAFI SIAFI UIC SENIOR standardization and interfaces CORE TEAM ATTENDEES EXECUTIVES & EXPERTS Zoom on UIC activities: Zoom on UIC related activities: passenger, sustainable development SIAFI safety, railway research, freight PROJECT 'CLIENTS' Skills: Business model Skills: margin protection and recovery innovation,International project in international projects management/ intercultural skills Virtual project coaching via conference calls/ Skype Real life project briengs International team project work International team project presentation and assignments of team missions (team missions) including a self-organized for project clients working group meeting per project team hosted by one of the team members or by UIC in Paris (strongly recommended) Technical visit (either during session 1 or session 2) Self-organized teambuilding, social networking and sharing of experiences (at least one additional self-organized inter-session team meeting is strongly recommended) POST SIAFI Participate in the UIC Global Network of Railway Talents via the web-based platform and /or the participation at the annual collaborative network event. 6 KEY BENEFITS 1 Understanding THE international RAILWAY COOPeration ENVIRONMENT Attending the SIAFI is an excellent opportunity to obtain a comprehensive overview of strategic issues for railways at an international level and also an ideal platform for promising young managers to discuss the “hot topics” of their area of work with colleagues from all over the world. The SIAFI programme provides a broad introduction of the relevant stakeholders and their respective roles in the international railway community as well as presentations of UIC activities. 2 DEVELOPING A SET OF SKILLS TO DRIVE collaboratiVE INNOVation IN THE RAIL SECTOR With the increasing connectedness of railways driven by the European rail market liberalization as well as the on-going efforts regarding the establishment of transcontinental rail corridors, a number of “transversal” competencies have become crucial to complete the skill sets of railway managers. Therefore, the UIC has introduced some new and more transversal features to the SIAFI training programme in 2014: an international/intercultural project management approach, a structured yet highly creative tool for business model innovation, inter-session